TRENTON
- Division of Criminal Justice Director
Vaughn L. McKoy announced that a Pennsylvania
man has been ordered to perform community
service and pay a criminal fine for issuing
a fraudulent Certificate of Insurance.

At the Feb. 14 guilty plea hearing before
Judge Cronin, Barbella, a roofing contractor
d/b/a Dr. Frank-n-Stein, Inc., admitted
that between Sept. 3, 2002 and Feb. 24,
2003, he issued a phony Certificate of
Insurance to the management of Lawton
Arms Apartments, Prospect Avenue, West
Orange, Essex County. A Certificate of
Insurance is used by contractors when
bidding construction jobs and performing
construction work to prove that they have
the requisite insurance coverage to engage
in the construction work. An investigation
by the Division of Criminal Justice -
Office of Insurance Fraud Prosecutor determined
that the Certificate of Insurance was
purportedly issued by the Cumberland Mutual
Fire Insurance Company, Bridgeton, Cumberland
County, when the company issued no such
certificate.

State Investigator Earl Washington and
Deputy Attorney General Nicole D. Rizzolo
were assigned to the investigation. DAG
Rizzolo represented the Division of Criminal
Justice - Office of Insurance Fraud Prosecutor
at the sentencing.